‎Langage‎

‎Pearson, Lionel‎

‎POPULAR ETHICS IN ANCIENT GREECE‎

‎Stanford University Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1962. Hardcover. Spine a bit browned. Scholar's name to inner cover J. H. Day. ; 262 pages . Stanford University Press hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 38042

‎Vickers, Michael J.‎

‎PERICLES ON STAGE Political Comedy in Aristophanes' Early Plays‎

‎University of Texas Press. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1997. Hardcover. 0292787278 . Minor shelfwear to DJ. ; 255 pages; Since the eighteenth century classical scholars have generally agreed that the Greek playwright Aristophanes did not as a matter of course write "political" plays. Yet according to an anonymous Life of Aristophanes when Dionysius the tyrant of Syracuse wanted to know about the government of Athens Plato sent him a copy of Aristophanes' Clouds. In this boldly revisionist work Michael Vickers convincingly argues that in his earlier plays Aristophanes in fact commented on the day-to-day political concerns of Athenians. Vickers reads the first six of Aristophanes' eleven extant plays in a way that reveals the principal characters to be based in large part on Pericles and his ward Alcibiades. According to Vickers the plays of Aristophanes--far from being nonpolitical--actually allow us to gauge the reaction of the Athenian public to the events that followed Pericles' death in 429 B.C. to the struggle for the political succession and to the problems presented by Alcibiades' emergence as one of the most powerful figures in the state. This view of Aristophanes reaffirms the central role of allegory in his work and challenges all students of ancient Greece to rethink long-held assumptions about this important playwright. . University of Texas Press hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 38055 ISBN : 0292787278 9780292787278

‎Stallings, A. E. & Grant Silverstein‎

‎THE BATTLE BETWEEN THE FROGS AND THE MICE A Tiny Homeric Epic‎

‎Paul Dry Books. Near Fine. 2019. Softcover. 1589881427 . From the award-winning poet and translator A. E. Stallings comes a lively new edition of the ancient Greek fable The Battle between the Frogs and the Mice. Originally attributed to Homer but now thought to have been composed centuries later by an unknown author The Battle is the tale of a mouse named Crumbsnatcher who is killed by the careless frog King Pufferthroat sparking a war between the two species. This dark but delightful parable about the foolishness of war is illustrated throughout in striking drawings by Grant Silverstein. ; 7 X 0.5 X 9.75 inches; 100 pages . Paul Dry Books paperback‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 38059 ISBN : 1589881427 9781589881426

‎Lord, Albert B.‎

‎THE SINGER OF TALES‎

‎Atheneum. Very Good-. 1965. Softcover. Spine creased and faded. ; 309 pages . Atheneum paperback‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 38070

‎Bakker, Egbert J‎

‎GRAMMAR AS INTERPRETATION Greek Literature in its Linguistic Contexts‎

‎Brill Academic Publishers. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1997. Hardcover. 9004107304 . Minor shelfwear to DJ. Book is fine. ; Mnemosyne Bibliotheca Classica Batava Supplementum; 6.5 X 0.75 X 9.75 inches; 262 pages . Brill Academic Publishers hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 38066 ISBN : 9004107304 9789004107304

‎Edmunds, Lowell & Robert W. Wallace (Eds. )‎

‎POET PUBLIC AND PERFORMANCE IN ANCIENT GREECE‎

‎The Johns Hopkins University Press. Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1997. Hardcover. 0801855756 . Ffep has been clipped excise former owner's name . Else Book is VG. ; 6.5 X 0.75 X 9 inches; 192 pages . The Johns Hopkins University Press hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 38078 ISBN : 0801855756 9780801855757

‎Stanford, William Bedell‎

‎STANFORD Regius Professor of Greek 1940-80 Trinity College Dublin : Memoirs‎

‎Hinds. Good in Good dust jacket. 2001. Hardcover. 0952823624 . Ex-library copy with usual stamps call numbers and pocket. Dustjacket is protected in plastic sleeve. DJ is taped down to boards. ; 244 pages . Hinds hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 38079 ISBN : 0952823624 9780952823629

‎Lateiner, Donald‎

‎SARDONIC SMILE Nonverbal Behavior in Homeric Epic‎

‎University of Michigan Press. Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1995. Hardcover. 0472105981 . Some ink underlining with ink notes to rear endpapers. DJ has some creasing. ; 1.25 x 9.75 x 6.5 Inches; 368 pages; <div>In <i>Sardonic Smile</i> Donald Lateiner examines every major variety of Homeric nonverbal behavior especially those found in the <i>Odyssey</i>. Noting differences from modern gestures and attending to variation that results from gender age and status Lateiner explores the "silent language" and "what goes without saying" among the heroes Odysseus Telemakhos and Penelope--but also the savage Kyklops the suitors and the servants. No previous work has thoroughly analyzed nonverbal behavior in Homeric epic. Gesture and posture conscious and unconscious manipulation of space and time and involuntary "leakage" such as twitching and shivering can intensify and underline--or contradict and ironize--the speech of characters and hexameter narrative.<br></div><div>A <i>Choice</i> Outstanding Academic Book for 1995.<br></div><div>"An important contribution to Homeric studies." --<i>Choice</i><br></div><div>"<i>Sardonic Smile</i> opens up new dimensions for the study of ancient literature; one may predict that analysis of the nonverbal 'parallel texts' will become increasingly common as a result of the important study." --Walter Donlan <i>Classical Journal</i><br></div><div>Donald Lateiner is John R. Wright Professor of Greek and Humanities Ohio Wesleyan University. He is the author of <i>The Historical Method of Herodotus</i> and has written and lectured widely on nonverbal behavior in antiquity.<br></div> . University of Michigan Press hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 38083 ISBN : 0472105981 9780472105984

‎Redfield James M.‎

‎NATURE AND CULTURE IN THE ILIAD The Tragedy of Hector‎

‎University of Chicago Press. Very Good-. 1978. Softcover. 0226706524 . Spine and part of wraps are sunned. Pencilling to some pages. ; By focusing on the story of Hector Redfield presents an imaginative perspective not only on the Iliad but also on the whole of Homeric culture.Through Hector as the "true tragic hero of the poem " the events and themes of the Iliad are understood and the function of tragedy within culture is examined. ; 0.96 x 8.97 x 6.01 Inches; 336 pages . University of Chicago Press paperback‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 38093 ISBN : 0226706524 9780226706528

‎MacDowell, Douglas M‎

‎THE LAW IN CLASSICAL ATHENS‎

‎Cornell University Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1978. Hardcover. 080141198X . DJ spine sunned. Some yellowing to DJ. Scholar's name to ffep Carolyn Dewald. ; Society rather than jurisprudence is the subject of this outstanding book in the field of legal history. Athenian law was less concerned with theoretical principles than with the practical rules of conduct. ; Aspects of Greek and Roman life; 280 pages . Cornell University Press hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 38102 ISBN : 080141198X 9780801411984

‎Burnett, Anne Pippin‎

‎CATASTROPHE SURVIVED Euripides' Plays of Mixed Reversal‎

‎Oxford Clarendon Press. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1971. Hardcover. 0198141866 . Dustjacket spine is sunned. Edgewear to DJ with a bit of chippingSome colour loss to DJ. ; 244 pages . Oxford Clarendon Press hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 38101 ISBN : 0198141866 9780198141860

‎Stallings, A. E. & Grant Silverstein‎

‎THE BATTLE BETWEEN THE FROGS AND THE MICE A Tiny Homeric Epic‎

‎Paul Dry Books. Near Fine. 2019. Softcover. 1589881427 . From the award-winning poet and translator A. E. Stallings comes a lively new edition of the ancient Greek fable The Battle between the Frogs and the Mice. Originally attributed to Homer but now thought to have been composed centuries later by an unknown author The Battle is the tale of a mouse named Crumbsnatcher who is killed by the careless frog King Pufferthroat sparking a war between the two species. This dark but delightful parable about the foolishness of war is illustrated throughout in striking drawings by Grant Silverstein. ; 7 X 0.5 X 9.75 inches; 100 pages . Paul Dry Books paperback‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 38122 ISBN : 1589881427 9781589881426

‎Dupont Florence‎

‎LE PLAISIR ET LA LOI Du Banquet De Platon Au Satiricon‎

‎François Maspero. Very Good. 1977. Softcover. 2707108812 . Browning to wraps. Pages tanned. Scholar's name to ffep Carolyn Dewald. ; Textes a L'Appui; 202 pages . François Maspero paperback‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 38146 ISBN : 2707108812 9782707108814

‎De Blois, Lukas & Van Der Spek, R. J.‎

‎AN INTRODUCTION TO THE ANCIENT WORLD‎

‎Routledge. Fair. 2003. Softcover. 0415127742 . Highlighting with Pen underlining and notes. 'used' stamps and stickers. ; 6.85 X 0.8 X 9.69 inches; 352 pages . Routledge paperback‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 38176 ISBN : 0415127742 9780415127745

‎Milne, A. A. ; Shepard, Ernest H. & Alexander Lenard (Tr. )‎

‎WINNIE ILLE PU A Latin Version of A. A. Milne's 'Winnie-The-Pooh'‎

‎E. P. Dutton. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1961. Hardcover. A few small tears to DJ. DJ Spine a bit sunned. Lower corners a bit bumped. Scholar's name to inner covers Carolyn Dewald. ; 0.75 x 7.7 x 5.28 Inches; 160 pages; The enchanting tales of Pooh and his friends were first brought to readers in classic Latin form in 1960 with the publication of Winnie Ille Pu. It remains the only book in Latin ever to grace The New York Times List. . E. P. Dutton hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 38159

‎Plato; F. J. Church translator & Fulton H. Anderson‎

‎PLATO: PHAEDO‎

‎Bobbs-Merrill Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1951. Twelfth Printing. Softcover. 0672601923 . Minor shelfwear and scuffing. Pencil notes to rear inner cover. ; The Library of Liberal Arts; 74 pages . Bobbs-Merrill Company paperback‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 38174 ISBN : 0672601923 9780672601927

‎Taplin, Oliver‎

‎GREEK TRAGEDY IN ACTION‎

‎University of California Press. Very Good. 1979. Softcover. 0520039491 . Minor shelfwear. Scholar's name to ffep Carolyn Dewald. ; 203 pages; This book attempts to reinstate the works of Greek Tragedy as plays rather than just texts to be read. Taplin concentrates on three plays each by Sophocles Aeschylus and Euripides to do this. . University of California Press paperback‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 38173 ISBN : 0520039491 9780520039490

‎Goldhill, Simon‎

‎FOUCAULT'S VIRGINITY Ancient Erotic Fiction and the History of Sexuality‎

‎Cambridge University Press. Very Good. 1995. Softcover. 0521479347 . Pages tanned. Faint creasing to first few pages. ; The W. B. Stanford Memorial Lectures; 5.75 X 1 X 9 inches; 194 pages . Cambridge University Press paperback‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 38186 ISBN : 0521479347 9780521479349

‎Wallace, Robert W.‎

‎THE AREOPAGOS COUNCIL TO 307 B.C.‎

‎The Johns Hopkins University Press. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1989. Hardcover. 0801836468 . Gift inscription from author to Carolyn Dewald on ffep. Else very minor shelfwear. ; A study of the Areopagos council of Athens down to 307 BC. In spite of the importance of the Areopagos for the history of Athens no comprehensive or detailed analysis of that council has been undertaken since 1874. ; 1 x 9.5 x 6.5 Inches; 320 pages; Signed by Author . The Johns Hopkins University Press hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 38189 ISBN : 0801836468 9780801836466

‎Tandy, David W. & University of California Press‎

‎WARRIORS INTO TRADERS The Power of the Market in Early Greece‎

‎University of California Press. Very Good. 2000. Softcover. 0520226917 . Very light shelfwear. ; The eighth century dawned on a Greek world that had remained substantially unchanged during the centuries of stagnation known as the Dark Age. This book is a study of the economic and cultural upheaval that shook mainland Greece and the Aegean area in the eighth century and the role that poetry played in this upheaval. Using tools from political and economic anthropology David Tandy argues that between about 800 and 700 B. C. a great transformation of dominant economic institutions took place involving wrenching adjustments in the way status and wealth were distributed within the Greek communities. Tandy explores the economic organization of preindustrial societies both ancient and contemporary to shed light on the Greek experience. He argues that the sudden shift in Greek economic formations led to new social behaviors and to new social structures such as the polis itself a by-product of economic change. Unraveling the dialectic between the material record and epic poetry Tandy shows that the epic tradition mirrored these new social behaviors and that it portrayed the stresses that economic change brought to the ancient Aegean world. Tandy brings in comparative evidence from other small-scale communities beset by changes spotlighting the specific plight of one community Ascra in Boeotia on whose behalf Hesiod sang his Works and Days. The result is a lively moving account of a human dilemma that many centuries later is all too familiar. ; Classics and Contemporary Thought; 9.5 x 1.25 x 6.5 Inches; 296 pages . University of California Press paperback‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 38188 ISBN : 0520226917 9780520226913

‎Canfora, Luciano (translated by Martin Ryle)‎

‎THE VANISHED LIBRARY A Wonder of the Ancient World‎

‎University of California Press. Near Fine. 1990. Paperback. 0520072553 . Very light wear. ; The Library of Alexandria one of the wonders of the Ancient World has haunted Western culture for over 2000 years. The Ptolemaic kings of Egypt--successors of Alexander the Great--had a staggering ambition: to house all of the books ever written under one roof and the story of the universal library and its destruction still has the power to move us. But what was the library and where was it Did it exist at all Contemporary descriptions are vague and contradictory. The fate of the precious books themselves is a subject of endless speculation. Canfora resolves these puzzles in one of the most unusual books of classical history ever written. He recreates the world of Egypt and the Greeks in brief chapters that marry the craft of the novelist and the discipline of the historian. Anecdotes conversations and reconstructions give The Vanished Library the compulsion of an exotic tale yet Canfora bases all of them on historical and literary sources which he discusses with great panache. As the chilling conclusion to this elegant piece of historical detective work he establishes who burned the books. ; Hellenistic Culture and Society; 205 pages . University of California Press paperback‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 38184 ISBN : 0520072553 9780520072558

‎Starr, Chester G.‎

‎INDIVIDUAL AND COMMUNITY The Rise of the Polis 800-500 BC‎

‎Oxford University Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1986. Hardcover. 0195039718 . General shelfwear and rubbing to DJ. 1 small tear to DJ. Minor pencilling to a few pages. ; In this study the first systematic exploration of the forces that created the political framework for Greek civilization Starr shows how the Greeks emerged from a Homeric world of individuals to the polis of 500 BC. ; 144 pages . Oxford University Press hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 38195 ISBN : 0195039718 9780195039719

‎Farrar, Cynthia‎

‎THE ORIGINS OF DEMOCRATIC THINKING The Invention of Politics in Classical Athens‎

‎Cambridge University Press. Very Good. 1989. Softcover. 0521375843 . Pen markings to about 10 or so pages. Else VG. ; 320 pages; The ancient Greeks invented democracy. They also invented political theory. This book seeks to show that these were not unrelated achievements. The development of political theory accompanied the growth of democracy at Athens in the fifth century BC. By analysing the writings of Protagoras the sophist Thucydides the historian and Democritus the cosmologist in the context of political developments and speculation about the universe Dr Farrar reveals the existence of a distinctive approach to the characterisation of democratic order and in doing so demonstrates the virtues of Thucydides' historical conception of politics. Thucydides' history is shown to be an argument for the political force of historical judgement. . Cambridge University Press paperback‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 38192 ISBN : 0521375843 9780521375849

‎Dunmore Charles William‎

‎STUDIES IN ETYMOLOGY‎

‎Focus Books. Very Good. 1993. Softcover. 0941051293 . Spne and part of rear wraps sunned. Else fine. ; 7.25 X 0.75 X 10.25 inches; 279 pages . Focus Books paperback‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 38209 ISBN : 0941051293 9780941051293

‎Syme Ronald‎

‎HISTORY IN OVID‎

‎Oxford University Press. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1978. Hardcover. 0198148259 . Very faint Dustsoiling/foxing to top of textblock. DJ rear panel is torn. Dustjacket is protected in mylar. ; This brief and compressed study comprises twelve self-contained chapters and begins by proposing a revised chronology for several works of Ovid. The central theme is Roman social history in the time of Caesar Augustus revealing Ovid in his milieu and in the ambit of his friendships. Attention is concentrated on the poems from exile especially the four books of Epistulae ex Ponto which reveal much more than previously suspected about the last decade of the reign of Augustus. Finally writing on Ovid's exile Syme argues that it was not the result of a misdemeanour by the poet but the blunder of an angry despot-- the error of Caesar Augustus. ; 240 pages . Oxford University Press hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 38232 ISBN : 0198148259 9780198148258